As if speed cameras in this country weren't already a spectacular indicator of our government's disregard for the rights of its citizens, the state and federal government want all fixed a mobile speed cameras to take photos of all passing vehicles clear enough for positive ID of the occupants. Can anyone say "surveillance society"?

State and federal police forces want full-frontal images of vehicles, including the driver and front passenger, that are clear enough for identification purposes and usable as evidence in court.

"All vehicles passing through a fixed or mobile ANPR camera will have the data recorded and available for interrogation," CrimTrac told the Queensland TravelSafe inquiry into the use of ANPR for road safety.

As if speed cameras in this country weren't already a spectacular indicator of our government's disregard for the rights of its citizens, the state and federal government want all fixed a mobile speed cameras to take photos of all passing vehicles clear enough for positive ID of the occupants. Can anyone say "surveillance society"?

In my opinion, the use of these speed cameras despite repeated cases of fault, and irrefutable proof that they are not accurate, coupled with the increasing difficulty in which the fines issued by them can be fought, their use is a blatant perversion of the course of justice. A quick Google will get you this, this and this, with plenty more where they came from.

In my opinion, the use of these speed cameras despite repeated cases of fault, and irrefutable proof that they are not accurate, coupled with the increasing difficulty in which the fines issued by them can be fought, their use is a blatant perversion of the course of justice. A quick Google will get you this, this and this, with plenty more where they came from.

Indeed you are correct, I should have read the articles in full prior to posting them. However, it seems to me that these are articles raise an even more poignant point in relation to this article. If the authorities in this country are incapable of appropriately handling speed camera images correctly, one can only imagine what sort of misappropriation/misinterpretation may occur when 70 million photos per day must be handled/stored.

I'm just hopeing that,as usual, beaurocracy will win: we'll have all the photos, and not be able to do anything with them.Interestingly, it was our local cop's wife who got caught when driving home with a group of friends, the interesting part was they must have been under a few drinks, because she claimed in court that they couldn't remember who was driving so it was unfair to fine anyone in particular.

She was let off because she had made an honest attempt to find out, and couldn't......